Metallic railway-tie.



P HAGENEY METALLIC RAILWAY TIB.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 1a. 1909. i 968,049, Patented Aug. 23, 1910.

. SSM J mi A PATRICK HAGENEY, OF ASI-ITABULA HARBOR, OHIO.

METALLIC RAILWAY-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Ang. 23, 1910.

Application led August 18, 1909. Serial No. 513,373.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, PATRICK HAGENEY, acitizen of the United States, residing at Ashtabula Harbor, in thecounty of Ashtabula and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new anduseful Improvement in Metallic Railway-Ties, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description.

The object of this invention is to provide a metallic railway tieadapted to support and to be easily connected with the rails without theuse of bolts, and which, when once laid, is not liable to shift itsposition.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of partshereinafter described and pointed out definitely in the claims.

In the drawing, Figure l is a plan view of a railway tie. Fig. 2 is abottom plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is a side elevation thereof and Fig. 4;is a sectional view in the plane indicated by the line 4.--4 on Fig. l.

The tie is composed of two duplicate members A, A. Each member consistsof a plate having end portions a which serve as rail seats; a middleportion a located in a plane below said seats; and inclined portions a2which are intermediate of the middle portion and rail seats. Along oneedge of the portions a and a2 is an upwardly extended vertical flange a3in which is a horizontal slot at. A fiange a5 also extends downward fromthe same edge of each member, said flange extending from one end of themember to the other. A hook a is formed upon or secured to this flangeat one end thereof.

Each tie has two rail engaging fingers al, r2-one formed upon each railseat. Each tie member has also a perforated bracket a9 rising throughthe middle portion a. Two of these members, which are identical in shapeand construction, are placed with their flanged edges in contact. A flatbar B goes through the two slots at. The ends of this bar are threadedand go through the holes in the two brackets a9. By turning nuts C ontothe ends of this bar, the two tie members are moved relatively endwise.

The two rails D have in the meantime been placed on the rail seats, theflanges Z of the rails being placed between the two opposed fingers a?,as, of the respective members the relative endwise movement of the twotie members draws these fingers of each pair toward each other and intooverhanging engagement with said rail flanges. The

same relative endwise movement of the tie members cause each of thehooks at on the two tie members respectively to engage the adjacent endof the flange a5 on the other member, and thereby the two tie membersare held against separation by relative lateral movement. The bar B notonly holds the tie members against relative endwise movement, but alsoholds them against rela* tive vertical movement because said bar litsthe slots at. Strengthening ribs alo may be formed on the under side ofthe rail seats.

When these ties have been laid, and the two members moved so as to graspthe rails, as stated, and when the earth has been tamped beneath themthere is very little likelihood that they will shift their position. Thebroad flat under surfaces practically prevent settling down. The flangesa5 being buried in the earth resist any tendency to move the ties in thedirection parallel with the rails. The inclined parts a2 resist anytendency of the ties to move crosswise of the rails.

Having described my invention, I claim:

l. A railway tie comprising two members, each of which has a horizontalplate upon which is a rail seat near each of its ends, a slottedvertical flange extending above said plate and between said rail seats,and a bracket, combined with a connecting bar which goes obliquelythrough said slotted flanges and brackets, and nuts which screw on tothe ends of said bar to draw the members relatively endwise and holdthem in operative position.

2. A railway tie comprising two members, each of which has a horizontalplate upon which is a rail seat near each 0f its ends, a slottedvertical flange extending above said plate between said rail seats, anda bracket, combined with a connecting bar which goes obliquely throughand is fitted in the slots in said flanges and which at its ends goesthrough said brackets, and nuts which screw on to the ends of said barto draw the members relatively endwise and hold them in operativeposition.

3. A railway tie comprising two members, each of which has a horizontalplate upon which is a rail seat near each of its ends, a slottedvertical flange extending above said plate between said rail seats, a.bracket, a hook at one end and a depending flange at the other end,combined with a connecting bar which goes obliquely through said slottedanges and brackets, and nuts which screw on to the ends of said bar todraw the members relatively endwise and hold them in operative position.

4. A railway tie comprising two members, each of which has a broadplate, the ends of which serve as rail seats, a middle portion locatedin the plane below said rail seats, and inclined portions extendingbetween and connected with the middle portion and said rail seats, anupwardly projecting flange 'along' 011e edge of the middle portion andthe inclined portions of said plate, said flange being horizontallyslotted, and a bracket rising from the middle portion of said plate,combined with a connecting bar which goes obliquely through said slottedylianges and brackets, and nuts which screw on to the ends of said bar.

5. A'railway tie comprising two members, each of which consists of abroad plate hav# ing end portions which are in the same horizontal planeand serve as rail seats, a middle portion in a horizontal plane belowthat of therail seats, and inclined intermediate portionsextendingbetween and connecting said middle portion and rail seats, adownwardly extended flange along one edge of each plate extending fromend to end, an upwardly extended flange rising from the correspondingedge of the middle and inclined portions of said plate, said flangebeing horizontally slotted, and a bracket risingrom the middle part ofsaid plate, combined with a connecting bar which goes obliquely throughthe said slotted flanges and through said brackets, and nuts screwing on-to the ends of said bar.

6. In a railway tie, the combination of 'two identical longitudinalmembers each having a horizontal plate ortion with a rail seat near eachof its en s, and ngers on the same sides of the rail seats overhangingthe vertical face of the side and pointing in the sam@ longitudinaldirection, vertical ribs or flanges on the meetin'V edges of themembers, and a bolt provided with clamping nuts adapted to so engageboth of said members as to draw them relatively endwise into operativerelations bringing their opposed yoverhanging pairs of lingers intotransverse clamping contact with their respective opposite sides of anddirectly across the base anges of the rails, said bolt holding themembers in such positions of engagement.

7. In a railway tie, the combination of two identical longitudinalmembers each having a. horizontal plate ortion with a rail seat neareach of lts en s, and integral fingers on the 'same sides of the railseats overhanging the vertical face of the side and pointing in the samelongitudinal direction, vertical ribs or fianges on the meeting edges ofthe members, a hook on one end of each member adapted to embrace the ribor flange of the other member and pointing in the same direction as saidlingers of 4the member, a bolt provided with clamping nuts adapted to soengage both of said members as to draw them relatively endwise intooperative relation, bringing the end hook of each member into lockingAengagement wit-h the rib or flange of the other member and the opposedpairs of overhanging lingers into-direct transverse clamping contactwith their respective opposite sides of the base flanges of the rails,said bolt holding the members in such positions of engagement.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto aiix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

PATRICK HAGENEY. W'itnesses:

T. ASUMNAA, J. E. PILMER.

